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Tracking: Cédric O tries to reassure MEPs

2020-04-09T20:51:31.464Z


The Secretary of State for Digital responded to questions from parliamentarians on the “Stop Covid” application that the government wishes to develop.


"Calm in tone, tense on the bottom" , summarizes a parliamentarian, to describe the atmosphere of the group meeting La République en Marche devoted to the issue of tracking, Thursday evening. Under the fire of questions from deputies, the Secretary of State for Digital, Cédric O, tried to provide guarantees about the "Stop Covid" application, after a part of the majority elected already expressed doubts or frank hostility. O recalled that this tool was aimed at "tracking information, but not individuals", that it was part of a European project and that the State would in no case have access to the data . “I understand the questions wherever they come from, in a period when public freedoms are questioned. We must not have the development and the investigation of this shameful application ” , wanted to reassure the Secretary of State, according to reported comments, recalling that the application had to be “ the corollary ” of a screening policy, in the

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Source: lefigaro

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